Mark Fisher

Articles (142)

TitleAuthor(s)PublicationDate
2068 Dock Connector For More Than GamesISTUG NewsletterMarch 1988
2068 to Real World Communications
The “telecommunications revolution” has been roaring across America. For many Timex’ers in our little backwater, it seems to have roared...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterMay 1989
80 Column VU-CALCCATS NewsletterOctober 1986
A Peek at Chaos
I’ve “done” fractals since the T/S 1000. With almost any machine, you may wander for yourself through places only the...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterMarch 1991
A Private Library
OK bunky, so you’ve fought your way through the BBS and gotten to the QL program area – WHAT do...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterMay 1991
A Short History of Mechanized Logic: A MemoirCATS NewsletterOctober 1992
A Short History of the CATS User Group
(As the result of a personal request from AUDREY CURNUTT, CapitalFest Chairman, the following description of the history of CATS...
Vernon SmithCATS NewsletterMay 1989
A Streamlined BootCATS NewsletterMarch 1988
A Visit to the StippleCATS NewsletterMarch 1988
Amortize 1000CATS NewsletterApril 1985
An Editor’s WordCATS NewsletterFebruary 1993
Anagrams for the 1000CATS NewsletterNovember 1986
Anatomy of a Program
Describes how programs are stored in memory.
CATS NewsletterNovember 1983
And Editor’s GrumblingsCATS NewsletterSeptember 1993
And Editor’s RapsCATS NewsletterOctober 1993
Autodial/AutoanswerCATS NewsletterJune 1986
Autopsy of a Program
Subroutine to scan a program, find and count the numbers used with the aim of coding them in a way...
CATS NewsletterDecember 1983
BASIC PuzzleCATS NewsletterNovember 1985
BBS NewsCATS NewsletterOctober 1993
BBS Report by Mark Fisher, SYSOP
We’ve got a Kaypro! It’s been a long road, but it looks like we’ll be able to drive the BBS...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterDecember 1989
BBS Report: Into the Depths of CP/MCATS NewsletterFebruary 1990
Behind the Mask: The Logic of ArchiveCATS NewsletterOctober 1987
Block Moves in BASIC ProgramsCATS NewsletterDecember 1985
Book Review: Chaos, Making a New Science by James GlickMark FisherCATS NewsletterJuly 1989
CATS BBS News
I’m not “the great telecommunicator”. I enjoy the Sysop-ing I’ve been doing, mainly because I DON’T have to do any...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterJanuary 1990
CATS to Get on Internet: Real Soon NowCATS NewsletterJanuary - February 1995
Chaos
Continued from last month.
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterApril 1991
Circuit Quest 2000CATS NewsletterJanuary 1987
Cleanup/Backup para el QLZX-AppealSeptember 1987
CompuServe Kits, SCLD’s Highlight November Meeting
The November CATS meeting featured a large and talkative gathering of small computer (a.k.a. Sinclair) enthusiasts. In the warm-up meeting...
CATS NewsletterOctober 1986
Concept-3D Bug Alert
I’ve toyed with Concept-3D over the years, but had been put off by its unfortunate habit of committing hara-kiri when...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterApril 1991
Customize your M-SCRIPT
I am one of those people who can’t have a program for long before I find something to improve or...
SyncWare NewsMay-Jun 1985
Customizing MscriptCATS NewsletterMay 1985
Customizing Z-Text
Adding features to the Z-Text word processor.
CATS NewsletterOctober 1983
Database Management on the Sinclair QLCATS NewsletterMay 1987
Dealing With Exchange: FoldersCATS NewsletterSeptember - October 1995
Dealing With The BBS
This will take your computer, a terminal program, and a MODEM. For the 2068, the most common setup is the...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterJuly 1990
Doing Without Exchange – the Unix ConnectionCATS NewsletterJuly - August 1995
DOMSDOS for 1000 & 2068
April Fool’s joke program.
CATS NewsletterApril 1986
Driving a Monitor From the T/S 1000CATS NewsletterApril 1985
Driving a monitor from the TS 1000
Reprint of an article from an earlier issue. Transistor-based circuit.
CATS NewsletterAugust 1988
Driving a Monitor From the TS 1000VISTA Newsletter
Driving a Monitor From the TS 1000Sinclair Timex User Group NewsletterJanuary - February 1989
Driving a Monitor From the TS 1000CATS NewsletterAugust 1988
Duel
A single or two player space game, inspired by Race Track, as described in a Martin Gardner column. Uses a...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterJul 1986
Editor Protem’s ColumnCATS NewsletterJuly 1993
Editor’s NotesCATS NewsletterFebruary 1986
Eudaemonic Pie
One of the attractions of microcomputers is that anything seems possible. From the blue-sky, frivilous ideas such as my plan...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterAugust 1989
Fastload ReviewCATS NewsletterApril 1984
Fastload RevisitedCATS NewsletterJuly 1984
Fat CharactersCATS NewsletterApril 1985
February Meeting: Presidents, BBSes, and Compilers
The February meeting covered a lot of ground. Those of you that read last month’s Newsletter may remember that we...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterMarch 1990
FIDO – If it won’t sit up and beg, what can it do?
There’s a wide-flung network of Independent computer users stretching across the country. I’m talking about the confederation known as FIDO...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterSeptember 1989
FORUM
Letters from readers. Tom Saine has questions about running Chess with his TS 1500 and AERCO disk drives. Computerfest updates....
SyncWare NewsMar-Apr 1986
Free Data Basing Update
What do the Auraria Library, the Colorado School of Mines, and Montgomery County Public Libraries have in common? A single...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterNovember 1990
From the EditorCATS NewsletterOctober 1983
From the EditorCATS NewsletterJanuary 1984
From the EditorCATS NewsletterNovember 1983
From the EditorCATS NewsletterDecember 1983
From the EditorCATS NewsletterSeptember 1985
From the EditorCATS NewsletterNovember 1985
From the EditorCATS NewsletterDecember 1985
From the EditorCATS NewsletterFebruary 1987
From the EditorCATS NewsletterOctober 1986
From the EditorCATS NewsletterJul 1986
From the EditorCATS NewsletterOct 1986
God’s Dice
Oh boy, ANOTHER chaos book. The Chaos book industry has a problem. The first books in the field were of...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterMarch 1991
Hacking in BASIC: Renumbering Including GOTO and GOSUBCATS NewsletterApril 1985
Hacking With MSCRIPTCATS NewsletterApril 1986
Hi-Res Mandelbrot PlottingCATS NewsletterNovember 1985
Hi-Res Mandelbrot Plotting – On the 1000CATS NewsletterDecember 1985
How to Make Archival Copies on the 2068CATS NewsletterMarch 1987
Images from the Mandelbrot SetCATS NewsletterDecember 1985
Improving the Home DatabaseCATS NewsletterJanuary 1988
Info-G.U.T.S Newsletter ReviewCATS NewsletterMay 1986
Inside the MachineCATS NewsletterApril 1985
Installing the SCLDCATS NewsletterNovember 1986
IRS1040 1984CATS NewsletterJanuary - February 1985
IRSCALC: Form 1040 and Sched. A on VU-CALCCATS NewsletterMarch 1985
Just the FAX, PleaseCATS NewsletterAugust 1993
Line Renumbering
Discusses program structure and how to use that to write a renumbering routine.
CATS NewsletterJanuary 1984
Loan Amortization on the QLCATS NewsletterSeptember 1987
M-Script Printer CommandsCATS NewsletterNovember 1985
Mass StorageCATS NewsletterMarch 1985
Miracle Systems Centronics InterfaceCATS NewsletterMarch 1987
Modem MusingsCATS NewsletterApril 1986
More Game Info Jet Set Will EditionCATS NewsletterDecember 1985
MSCRIPT ReviewCATS NewsletterMarch 1985
MSCRIPT TipsCATS NewsletterJuly 1985
MSCRIPT: Deleting Backwards and ForwardCATS NewsletterAugust 1985
MTERM to MSCRIPT and Back!CATS NewsletterApril 1986
News, News, News
Duane Parker’s Network/Pascal demo was FANTASTIC. Five QL’s extended to seven on the fly as latecomers arrived – interchanged listings,...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterJuly 1989
News, News, NewsMark FisherCATS NewsletterAugust 1989
News, News, News
DUANE PARKER, resident CATS expert on PASCAL for the QL, has an all-day workshop planned fot members on Saturday, September...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterSeptember 1989
Newsletter Exchange: Programming Tips from Other NLs
Reprinted programming tips from several newsletters: ‘More Tips on String Storage’ by Mark Fisher (CATS NL, Bladensburg MD) on storing...
Mark FisherTimelinezSeptember/October 1986
Notes from an EditorCATS NewsletterMarch 1987
Notes on the CATS BBS
This is the first attempt at a BBS by the CATS Users Group. It is using the Casboard BBS software:...
Stephen Greene
Mark Fisher
CATS NewsletterMay 1989
On TapingCATS NewsletterFebruary 1986
Playing With Internet!CATS NewsletterMay - June 1995
Playing With PCLCATS NewsletterMarch - April 1995
Potpourri
HOW TO MAKE A BBS I’m glad to report that the Kaypro 10 (K10) is in good health. It didn’t...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterJanuary 1990
PotpourriMark FisherCATS NewsletterMarch 1990
President’s ColumnCATS NewsletterApril 1985
President’s ColumnCATS NewsletterJune 1985
President’s ColumnCATS NewsletterDecember 1984
President’s CornerCATS NewsletterAugust 1984
Prowriter Review
Review of the C. Itoh Prowriter with comments on using it with the TS 1000.
CATS NewsletterDecember 1983
Q! Boot That Disk!
Menu-driven program loader for AERCO disk drives.
CATS NewsletterDecember 1988
QL Backup UtilityCATS NewsletterFebruary 1987
QL One-Chip ModCATS NewsletterJune 1987
QL to Monitor — Come In! Buffering the QL
Connecting a reconditioned monitor to the Sinclair QL.
The Data ExpansionDecember 1987
QL to Monitor… Come In! Buffering the QLCATS NewsletterNovember 1987
Ramsey Electronics: A ReviewCATS NewsletterJanuary 1992
READ/DATA & DEF FN for the 1000CATS NewsletterMarch 1985
READ/DATA Part TwoCATS NewsletterOct 1986
READ/DATA RepriseCATS NewsletterSep 1986
Reply to StewCATS NewsletterApril 1985
Review: The Guide to T/S TelecommunicationsCATS NewsletterJanuary 1987
Sending Hi-Res to an 80 Column PrinterCATS NewsletterAug 1986
Silicon Grease Pit
Let’s see now, I changed the oil last March, didn’t I? Or was it May? And didn’t the manual say...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterSeptember 1991
Soft-Aid ReviewCATS NewsletterDecember 1985
Software Impressions
Cyclepath (Deathchase), Penetrators, Quack!, TS Demo EPROM.
CATS NewsletterJuly 1984
Spreading the Word…CATS NewsletterMay - June 1995
Swat Team Descents Upon Tacoma Institute
CATS members teach students some basics about computers.
CATS NewsletterDecember 1985
T/S Tinyboard BBSCATS NewsletterMay 1986
Tales From the ChipCATS NewsletterMarch 1986
Tape to AERCO DiskCATS NewsletterDecember 1988
Telecommunicating in Far Off PlacesCATS NewsletterMay-August 1994
The Anatomy of a Program Line
Program listings on the ZX/TS computers are available on command. With either LIST or LLIST, the program in the machine...
SYNCMarch/April 1984
The C.A.T.S Newsletter
Five articles reprinted from the newsletter: The C Column, QL Small-C Comparison, Additions to the QL Library, More on Benchmarks...
Update MagazineJuly 1990
The CATS PicnicCATS NewsletterNovember - December 1994
The Future Lies BehindCATS NewsletterMarch 1994
The Future Lies BehindCATS NewsletterSeptember 1993
The Sears 13″ Monitor/TVCATS NewsletterJanuary - February 1985
Transferring Files: 2068 to QL Volume 1CATS NewsletterDecember 1988
TS1000 Visible Sort
This listing is a great way to get a handle on how sorting routines actually sort. Since the program has...
SyncWare NewsMay-June 1986
Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad
Just a quick note about my hardware duels over the past month.
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterNovember 1990
Using Archive: A Home Database “Tel”CATS NewsletterDecember 1987
Using Eyes and Fingers
Program by an optometrist to develop tracking skills.
CATS NewsletterAugust 1988
Using Eyes and FingersCATS NewsletterAugust 1988
Using Smartterm II for data uploads
Problem: I had promised Vernon I’d upload the membership list to the BBS. OK so far, except that I had...
Mark FisherCATS NewsletterDecember 1989
What a Weird Program
Program generates stereo optical illusion images.
CATS NewsletterOctober 1988

Products (1)

TitleCompany
Quack!
Duck hunting at the Fisher International Airport. 2K.

Books (1)

TitleAuthor(s)Date
VU-CALC and VU-FILE (the organizer): Getting Serious with Your Timex/Sinclair
In-depth instruction on using these two programs. Includes chapter on using VU-Calc on the TS 2068 by Mark Fisher.
Robert B. V Masters1984

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TitleTypeCompanyDownload
Capital Area Timex Sinclair Users Group Membership FilesProgramDownload
CATS Library Tape 1CassetteDownload
Space WarProgram

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